Saturday, December 20, 2008

Yalda night,The longest night in year.

The 13th century Iranian poet Sa'di wrote in his Bustan: "The true morning will not come, until the Yalda Night is gone". Following the Iranian calender reform of 1925, which pegged some seasonal events to specific days of the calendar, Yalda came to be celebrated on the night before and including the first day of the tenth month (Dey). Subject to seasonal drift, this day may sometimes fall a day before or a day after the actual Winter Solstice.

5 comments:

Jane Hards Photography said...

That was really interesting and tray of food looks delicious.

Ann said...

some of those biscuits are shaped like Christmas trees. they all look good.

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bah bah che akse zibaee!!!!
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Delicious - have just made a batch.
I think that the fruits are so important to the body, I learned a lot of things in the post!!
Thanks for the recipe. Lovely.22dd